TrenchMapper™
Study thousands of trench maps from the First World War. These maps are accurately geolocated onto modern mapping and it is possible to search for specific WW1 trench names. To benefit from the full capabilities of this, WFA members can go to the members' area to see the best detail.
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Pension Records
The Western Front Association's Pension Records page offers access to over six million digitised records from World War I, providing detailed information on soldiers who served, including service details, medical assessments, and family information.
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Searchable Magazine Archive
With thousands of articles across hundreds of magazines it has previously been impossible to locate keywords or phrases. Using this portal, members can search for anything from ‘Abacus’ to ‘Zulu’.
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Surprise discovery of practice trenches at Ampthill recalls a Bedfordshire training camp
Read moreBecoming a member of The Western Front Association offers a wealth of resources and opportunities for those passionate about the history of the First World War. Here's an overview of some of the numerous benefits:
Receive four issues annually of this prestigious journal, featuring deeply researched articles, book reviews and historical analysis.
Read post-WW1 era magazines, such as 'Twenty Years After', 'WW1 A Pictured History' and 'I Was There!' plus others.
With around 50 branches, there may be one near you. The branch meetings are open to all.
The WFA's YouTube channel features hundreds of videos of lectures given by experts on particular aspects of WW1.
Featured on the WFA's YouTube channel are modern day re-interpretations of the inter-war magazine 'I Was There!' which recount the memories of soldiers who 'were there'.
The WFA regularly makes available webinars which can be viewed 'live' from home. These feature expert speakers talking about a particular aspect of the Great War.
Exploring the estate: meanings of the architecture and horticulture of the IWGC
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John Bowker was born in 1879 in Langcliffe near Settle in Yorkshire
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Graham Baron Ash - Red Cross Chauffeur, RFC Pilot and Balloonatic
Tale of a warwickshire born lad and his life in the sky
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The Easter Rising: A Distraction from the Western Front
The 1916 Easter Rising was intended to exploit British distraction, but did it significantly divert Western Front military resources.
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Branch AGM followed by "The Great War Memorials of Lincolnshire"
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The Austro-Hungarian Front 1914-1918
Poor leadership resulting in high number of casualties
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'Mons, 22nd - 24th August 1914, Re-visited'
The first few days of August 1914 have been used by many historians as a metric by which to form opinions of French, Haig, Allenby, and Smith-Dorrien, which they have continued to apply to them for the remainder of the war.
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Grandfather & the south African native labour corps
the story of the 27,000 black labourers who volunteered to Europe
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Pitiful Desolation: The attack by 63rd (Royal Naval) Division in the Battle of the Ancre, November 1916
Derek makes a return visit to take a forensic look at one of the later actions in the Battle of the Somme
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